TIE Online Class: Web Lit for Educators

Growth mindset and education

Everyone has met people who are highly compassionate. But we would meet more of them if children were taught to be empathetic at a young age, according to author/teacher David A. Levine, who has created lessons and activities to teach empathy skills.

The role of counselors in schools is expanding from just attending to individual students to leading discussions and activities for groups of students that can help improve school performance and behavior.

Everybody wins when parents volunteer ! Kevin Walker, the founder of Project Appleseed, a nonprofit organization, is helping schools involve parents. The organization has created a list of 37 different ways parents can help and is on its way to recruiting 5 million parent volunteers nationwide. Included: The Project Appleseed Parental Involvement Pledge.

Videos help parents understand educational standards

schools dealing with online social networking- internet safety

bullying and liability what shcools should know

Peer Mediation is an important and worth while strategy to use in the schools to reduce bullying. Some students do better in dealing with peer mediators. It also is a good way to build leadership skills in the students who are mediators. 

Bullies to Buddies- An appoach for students to learn not to be victims. ITs an interveiw with the school psychologist about how this helps students deal with bullying